Israeli aircraft attacked targets in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday for the second day in a row, as tensions rose on the volatile border.
The strikes came in response to explosives-laden balloons that were sent from Gaza into Israel earlier in the day.
“A short time ago an IDF combat helicopter attacked infrastructure used for underground activity by the Hamas terror organization in the northern Gaza Strip. The attack was carried out in response to explosive balloons sent from the Gaza Strip into Israel territory today,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.
There were no immediate reports from Gaza on damage or casualties in the strikes.
Earlier Thursday, at least two clusters of balloons carrying explosive devices were apparently launched from the Strip into southern Israel, with one of them detonating soon after impact, police said.
One of the clusters landed in an open field and the other got tangled in a tree.
Police sappers were called to the scenes in the Sdot Negev region east of Gaza.
One of the devices exploded as the sappers arrived at the scene, causing no injuries or damage, police said.
The sappers collected the remains of the device in order to study what type of explosives were used, a police spokesperson said.
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